Algeria s younger generation rebels
In her third and most recent novel, Paris-based Algerian author Kaouther Adimi writes almost prophetically about a rebellion by a handful of children against the rigid and outdated system in her home country. Claudia Kramatschek read the book for Qantara
If you’ve ever been to Algiers in February, you’ll know that at this time of year, the ‘white city’ is swamped by torrents of rain and mud which flow down from the districts higher up, flooding the whole of the city. It is also at this time of year that the city is beset by a melancholic, fretful sense of impending doom, as its citizens witness once again – and in drastic terms – how little the state does to provide for their wellbeing.